| Abstract |
When Baltic opened in 2002 there was a certain amount of grumbling among the local arts community about what it might do for them. Well, here's what: a group showing of 16 practitioners designed to give a snapshot of the artistic scene on Baltic's doorstep. It's a diverse field, ranging from the rigorously cerebral - Peter Evans's mathematically calculated astronomical sculptures - to the cheerfully simplistic, such as Nisha Duggal's Things Some People May Have in Common, a nursery rhyme in praise of vegetables, which goes: "Peas and leeks, carrots and aubergines, courgettes, potatoes, broccoli, cabbage." |